Atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary surgery affects late survival

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1612-1618

  Mariscalco, Giovanni ^a,e   Klersy, Catherine ^b   Zanobini, Marco ^c   Banach, Maciej ^d   Ferrarese, Sandro ^a   Borsani, Paolo ^a   Cantore, Cristiano ^a   Biglioli, Paolo ^c   Sala, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e Varese University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgical procedures; Embolism mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949126338     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.777789     Document Type: Article

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